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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2023
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Edward Eastman, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Donald Mark Allen, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Jeffrey C. Clark, Cary, NC (US);
Terence James Boldt, Oakville, CA;
John William Hayduk, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mark William Emeis, Monument, CO (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for deploying software using a versioning schema. An n-dimensional string is obtained that describes a version of a component, wherein a value for each dimension describes a particular feature of the component. The n-dimensional string is analyzed using a template to determine each feature of the component. It is determined whether to deploy the version of the component based on the analyzing and based on criteria related to one or more features of the component.